
Filming for KOMU 8's morning anchor, Landon Burke, in an enterprise story on Columbia College's E-Sports team.



Moberly’s water supply starts here, the city’s water treatment plant, photographed on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Water is pumped in from Moberly’s raw water source, Sugar Creek Lake. Moberly completed $5.7 million in upgrades on the plant in 2006 and 2007 to stay up to date with federal and state requirements. The city used a Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Fund subsidized loan to pay for the upgrades.

Water Plant Chief Operator, Matt Everts, fishes out a cup of water from the Moberly Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The subsidized loan the city took out in 2006 for the water plant’s upgrades required the city to raise its residents’ water rates. One of the renovations included new lime and carbon feed systems. This basin is where chemicals settle to the bottom of the water to clear out lake water sediment.

Moberly’s water treatment plant processes an average of 1.1 million gallons a day of treated water. “We are constantly filling and draining the basin,” said Matt Everts, water plant chief operator, on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. When a water main breaks, the plant must pump more water through the system to keep up with demand, he said. Mary West-Calcagno, Moberly’s utility director, said in 2017 the plant had to operate at 100 percent flow for 25 days because the city had lost about 25 million gallons in water main leaks.

Matt Everts, the Moberly water plant chief operator, displays the different types of sand which water filters through on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Moberly used a Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Fund subsidized loan to pay for the water treatment plants upgrades. This raised customers utility rates to help pay off the loan. This sand filter is one of the finishing steps for water before it is distributed to customers through the city’s water mains.

Treated drinking water flows through these pipes before leaving Moberly Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Its next stop is through the city’s water mains. Moberly’s capital improvement plan will replace old water lines and help Moberly “waste” less water. Moberly Director of Public Utilities Mary West-Calcagno said the cost of treating the water at the plant will go down because fewer leaks will mean the plant won’t have to compensate for water as often.

Inching their way, two volunteers start the 140-foot descent to the base of the hotel. Before starting they both high-fived, while one of them said, “It’s sort of like bungee jumping!” They both are volunteers at Love INC.

Love INC’s first big fundraiser, Over the Edge, had over 50 people rappel 140-feet down the front of the Tiger Hotel. The hotel is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and held a celebration after the rappelling.

As volunteers rappelled down the hotel, many onlookers stopped to watch. This woman videoed as former MU Football Coach Gary Pinkel and KMIZ-17 News Anchor Joey Parker descended from the top together.

Catryna Craw, from the radio station Clear 99, looked down and said she wasn’t so sure about her decision. Volunteers on the roof said she couldn’t turn back now because she was already hanging off the ledge. Rappellers had to raise $1,000 to climb down the Tiger Hotel.
